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Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Vaccinium
Section:	Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus Rydb.
Species
See text

Blueberries showing various stages of maturation. IG = Immature Green, GP = Green Pink, BP = Blue Pink, and R = Ripe.

Blueberries are perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. Vaccinium also includes cranberries, bilberries, huckleberries and Madeira blueberries. Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) and cultivated (highbush)—are all native to North America. The highbush varieties were introduced into Europe during the 1930s.

Blueberries are usually prostrate shrubs that can vary in size from 10 centimeters (4 inches) to 4 meters (13 feet) in height. In commercial production of blueberries, the species with small, pea-size berries growing on low-level bushes are known as "lowbush blueberries" (synonymous with "wild"), while the species with larger berries growing on taller cultivated bushes are known as "highbush blueberries". Canada is the leading producer of lowbush blueberries, while the United States produces some 40% of the world supply of highbush blueberries.

This does not include the list of every blueberry:

1. Vaccinium angustifolium
2. Vaccinium boreale
3. Vaccinium caesariense
4. Vaccinium corymbosum
5. Vaccinium darrowii
6. Vaccinium elliottii
7. Vaccinium fuscatum
8. Vaccinium hirsutum
9. Vaccinium koreanum
10. Vaccinium meridionale
11. Vaccinium myrsinites
12. Vaccinium myrtilloides
13. Vaccinium pallidum
14. Vaccinium tenellum
15. Vaccinium virgatum
16. Vaccinium cyanococcus(?)
17. Vaccinium pallidum(?)
18. Vaccinium rosa(?)